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• 07:03, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page These literatures (such as Vedas, Upanisads, Purananas) are not meant for any particular class of men but for the totality of human society. All societies can take advantage of Vedic knowledge to perfect human life (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"These literatures are not meant for any particular class of men but for the totality of human society. All societies can take...")
• 06:58, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are four Vedas-Sama, Rg, Yajur and Atharva, and there are 108 Upanisads, including the Isopanisad, Katha Upanisad and Taittiriya Upanisad, as well as the Vedanta-sutra, Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are four Vedas-Sāma, Ṛg, Yajur and Atharva, and there are 108 Upaniṣads, including the Īśopaniṣad, Kaṭha Upan...")
• 06:45, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Whoever follows in the footsteps of Arjuna, approaching Krsna in a spirit of devotion, can understand the purpose of Bhagavad-gita as well as all other Vedic literatures (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"whoever follows in the footsteps of Arjuna, approaching Kṛṣṇa in a spirit of devotion, can understand the purpose of Bha...")
• 06:29, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is necessary to follow carefully in the footsteps of Arjuna. In previous ages, due to interpretation and mental speculation, the real purport of Bhagavad-gita was lost; therefore Krsna re-established the teachings by giving them to Arjuna - BG 4.2-3 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is necessary to follow carefully in the footsteps of Arjuna. In previous ages, due to interpretation and mental speculation...")
• 06:22, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If we study Bhagavad-gita according to academic knowledge or according to our own mental speculation, we are certain to commit mistakes. It is not possible to understand Bhagavad-gita in this way (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we study Bhagavad-gītā according to academic knowledge or according to our own mental speculation, we are certain to comm...")
• 05:51, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It (the knowledge of Bhagavad-gita which is given by Krsna to sun-god Vivasvan) was handed down from time immemorial from Vivasvan by disciplic succession (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"it was handed down from time immemorial from Vivasvān by disciplic succession"}} {{notes|}} {{compiler|Nabakumar}} {{complete...")
• 05:31, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It (Bhagavad-gita) is perfect knowledge that was taught by Lord Krsna to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kuruksetra, and we receive information from it that in previous ages Sri Krsna also taught it to the sun-god Vivasvan (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is perfect knowledge that was taught by Lord Kṛṣṇa to Arjuna on the battlefield of Kurukṣetra, and we receive infor...")
• 05:24, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Those who are serious students of Vedic literature accept authority. Bhagavad-gita, for example, is not a scholarly presentation which arose out of so much research work (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are serious students of Vedic literature accept authority. Bhagavad-gītā, for example, is not a scholarly presenta...")
• 05:11, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If we are to have knowledge, it must come from a superior source which is not conditioned by these four imperfections. That source is Krsna. He is the supreme authority of BG, and He is accepted as the perfect authority by so many saints and sages (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we are to have knowledge, it must come from a superior source which is not conditioned by these four imperfections. That so...")
• 05:07, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The conclusion is that the Vedic process does not encourage us to endeavor to learn the Absolute Truth by employing our present senses, which are conditioned in so many ways (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The conclusion is that the Vedic process does not encourage us to endeavor to learn the Absolute Truth by employing our presen...")
• 05:01, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The eye can see only under certain conditions, and therefore it is understood that our vision is limited. Similarly, all our other senses are also limited. It is not possible to understand the unlimited by these imperfect, limited senses (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The eye can see only under certain conditions, and therefore it is understood that our vision is limited. Similarly, all our o...")
• 04:41, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The fourth imperfection is that the senses of the living entity are not perfect. Our vision is so limited that we cannot see very far away nor very near (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The fourth imperfection is that the senses of the living entity are not perfect. Our vision is so limited that we cannot see v...")
• 04:37, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are also many examples of (cheating) of teachers who actually know nothing but put forth theories in words like "perhaps" or "it may be," while in actuality they are simply cheating their students (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are also many examples of teachers who actually know nothing but put forth theories in words like"|"perhaps"|"it may be"...")
• 04:33, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We have often heard a storekeeper say, "Because you are my friend, I won't make any profit off you." But in actuality we know that he is making at least 50% profit. There are so many instances of this cheating propensity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We have often heard a storekeeper say"|"Because you are my friend, I won't make any profit off you"|"But in actuality we know...")
• 03:45, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Every one of us is under the impression that we are these bodies, but actually we are not. Accepting the body to be the self is called illusion, or maya. The third imperfection is that conditioned souls have a tendency to cheat (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Every one of us is under the impression that we are these bodies, but actually we are not. Accepting the body to be the self i...")
• 03:40, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Another imperfection of the conditioned soul is that he is sure to be illusioned. Being illusioned means accepting something which is not, phantasmagoria to be factual (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Another imperfection of the conditioned soul is that he is sure to be illusioned. Being illusioned means accepting something w...")
• 03:38, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page To commit mistakes is very natural in the conditioned state of life. Indeed, the popular saying has arisen: To err is human (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"To commit mistakes is very natural in the conditioned state of life. Indeed, the popular saying has arisen"|"To err is human"}...")
• 03:33, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Five minutes before he (Mahatma Gandhi) came to the meeting at which he was killed, he was warned by confidential associates not to go, but he persisted (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Five minutes before he came to the meeting at which he was killed, he was warned by confidential associates not to go, but he...")
• 03:20, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There is no man who does not commit mistakes. In India, for instance, Mahatma Gandhi was supposed to be a very great personality, but he also committed mistakes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no man who does not commit mistakes. In India, for instance, Mahātmā Gandhi was supposed to be a very great persona...")
• 03:17, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page At this stage of our material existence, we are conditioned by many laws of nature. All conditioned souls are subject to four defects due to the imperfection of their senses. One defect is that the conditioned soul is certain to commit mistakes (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"At this stage of our material existence, we are conditioned by many laws of nature. All conditioned souls are subject to four...")
• 03:01, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There is no question of research work because the instruments and the means with which one conducts such research work are blunt and imperfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There is no question of research work because the instruments and the means with which one conducts such research work are blu...")
• 02:59, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In the Vedic process the research work is already done; it is complete, and it is simply handed down by disciplic succession from teacher to student (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the Vedic process the research work is already done; it is complete, and it is simply handed down by disciplic succession f...")
• 02:57, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page The Vedic process does not involve research work. In mundane scholarship, we have to show our academic learning by some research, but the Vedic process is different (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"The Vedic process does not involve research work. In mundane scholarship, we have to show our academic learning by some resear...")
• 02:55, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page It is customary with this verse (om ajnana-timirandhasya, jnananjana-salakaya, caksur unmilitam yena, tasmai sri-gurave namah) to offer obeisances to the spiritual master who enlightens his disciples in the matter of transcendental knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"It is customary with this verse to offer obeisances to the spiritual master who enlightens his disciples in the matter of tran...")
• 02:22, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Through it (the process of Krsna consciousness), he can become truly happy, and after leaving the material body, enter into the kingdom where there is eternal life, bliss and full knowledge (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Through it, he can become truly happy, and after leaving the material body, enter into the kingdom where there is eternal life...")
• 02:14, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs deleted page Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will again make him perfect (content was: "#REDIRECT Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Krsna consciousness will again make him perfect", and the only contributor was "Nabakumar" (talk))
• 02:12, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs moved page Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will again make him perfect to Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Krsna consciousness will again make him perfect
• 02:11, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will again make him perfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Due to the contamination of matter, the perfect living entity falls down, but this process of Kṛṣṇa consciousness will a...")
• 02:08, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page By nature, the living entity is perfect, but due to the contamination of lust, he becomes vicious. That which is part and parcel of gold is also gold, and whatever is part and parcel of the Complete perfect is also perfect (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"By nature, the living entity is perfect, but due to the contamination of lust, he becomes vicious. That which is part and parc...")
• 02:04, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Devotees are kind and obedient, and they have all good qualifications. In conclusion, if one becomes a devotee of the Lord, all good qualifications will automatically develop (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Devotees are kind and obedient, and they have all good qualifications. In conclusion, if one becomes a devotee of the Lord, al...")
• 01:56, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In relation to the Supreme Lord, all beings are to be respected. Therefore a devotee refers to others as "prabhu," meaning "My dear sir, my dear lord." Submissiveness is a qualification for a devotee of the Lord (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In relation to the Supreme Lord, all beings are to be respected. Therefore a devotee refers to others as"|"prabhu"|"meaning "|...")
• 01:52, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page A devotee of the Lord shows respect even to an ant, what to speak of the demigods? The devotee is aware that all living entities are parts and parcels of the Supreme Lord and that they are playing different roles only (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"A devotee of the Lord shows respect even to an ant, what to speak of the demigods? The devotee is aware that all living entiti...")
• 01:47, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Those who worship the SG directly show all respect to the demigods, but they don't need to worship them because they know that the supreme authority behind the demigods is the SPG, & they are engaged in worshiping Him. In any case, respect is still there (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"hose who worship the Supreme Lord directly show all respect to the demigods, but they do not need to worship them because they...")
• 01:39, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If we take directly to the worship of the Supreme Lord, worship of the demigods is not necessary (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If, however, we take directly to the worship of the Supreme Lord, worship of the demigods is not necessary"}} {{notes|}} {{com...")
• 01:36, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one is completely atheistic and disobedient and rebellious against any authority, what hope is there? So one's obedience to a higher personality can start with the demigods (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one is completely atheistic and disobedient and rebellious against any authority, what hope is there? So one's obedience to...")
• 01:32, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Those who are motivated by lust want the opportunity to love something, and the demigods are acknowledged as the officers of the Supreme Lord. The idea is that as one worships these demigods, he will gradually develop Krsna consciousness (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who are motivated by lust want the opportunity to love something, and the demigods are acknowledged as the officers of t...")
• 01:29, 2 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page There are many rules and regulations for the worship of demigods in the scriptures, and one may question why the Vedic literatures recommended their worship. There is necessity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"There are many rules and regulations for the worship of demigods in the scriptures, and one may question why the Vedic literat...")
• 16:07, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Those who have become the dogs of lust are said to have lost all good sense: kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah - BG. 7.20 (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Those who have become the dogs of lust are said to have lost all good sense: kāmais tais tair hṛta-jñānāḥ"}} {{notes|}...")
• 16:03, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If we love God, we love everything. But if we do not love God, it is not possible to love anything. We may think that it is love, but it is simply a glamorized form of lust (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"If we love God, we love everything. But if we do not love God, it is not possible to love anything. We may think that it is lo...")
• 16:01, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page When this lust is baffled, we become angry; when we become angry, we become illusioned; and when we are illusioned, we are doomed. This is the process that is going on, but we have to reverse this process and turn lust into love (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"When this lust is baffled, we become angry; when we become angry, we become illusioned; and when we are illusioned, we are doo...")
• 15:58, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In the absence of reality, we put our faith and love in cats and dogs. Love is always there, but it is distorted into the form of lust (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In the absence of reality, we put our faith and love in cats and dogs. Love is always there, but it is distorted into the form...")
• 15:56, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Love is there. Either we love matter, or we love God. But in no case can we get out of this loving propensity; indeed, we often see that when one doesn't have children, he loves a cat or a dog. Why? Because we want and need to love something (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Love is there. Either we love matter, or we love God. But in no case can we get out of this loving propensity; indeed, we ofte...")
• 15:53, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In our original constitution we are made to love God, but because we have forgotten God, we love matter (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"In our original constitution we are made to love God, but because we have forgotten God, we love matter"}} {{notes|}} {{compil...")
• 15:50, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page This material life is simply based on lust; we want to enjoy this world, and we love this material world because we want to gratify our senses. This lust is a perverted reflection of our love of God (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"This material life is simply based on lust; we want to enjoy this world, and we love this material world because we want to gr...")
• 15:47, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Bhagavad-gita condemns worship of the demigods. This verse (of BG 7.20) clearly states that people worship the demigods due to kama, material lust (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Bhagavad-gītā condemns worship of the demigods. This verse clearly states that people worship the demigods due to kāma, mat...")
• 15:44, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page On this earth there may be a king or a president or a dictator - these are men like us, but they have some extraordinary power, and in order to get favors from them, to take advantage of their power, we worship them in one way or another (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"On this earth there may be a king or a president or a dictator - these are men like us, but they have some extraordinary power...")
• 15:41, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page We should not think that the demigods are God. God is one, but there are demigods who are also living entities just like us. The difference is that they have a considerable amount of power (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"We should not think that the demigods are God. God is one, but there are demigods who are also living entities just like us. T...")
• 15:38, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page If one wants to become educated, he worships goddess Sarasvati. In this way Westerners often think that the Hindus are polytheistic, but actually this worship is not to God, but to demigods (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"if one wants to become educated, he worships goddess Sarasvatī. In this way Westerners often think that the Hindus are polyth...")
• 15:32, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page In Vedic literature there are so many recommendations: if one wants to cure his disease, he worships the sun, or if a girl wants a good husband, she worships Lord Siva, or if one wants to become beautiful, he worships such and such god (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"in Vedic literature there are so many recommendations: if one wants to cure his disease, he worships the sun, or if a girl wan...")
• 15:23, 1 April 2022 Navakishora Mukunda talk contribs created page Having material desires, men worship various demigods. They have no idea how to get out of matter; they want to utilize the material world to its best capacity (Created page with "<div id="compilation"> <div id="facts"> {{terms|"Having material desires, men worship various demigods. They have no idea how to get out of matter; they want to utilize the ma...")